Solids Builder

The Solids Builder is responsible for creating the custom sections. It is accessible by the command SBUILDER, available from the toolbar, Ribbon or Command Line.

Program screen:

The following icons are available on the toolbar at the top of the screen:

• New - creates a new section or clears edits already made to the current template
• A - increase the size of the texts in the template preview
• a - decreases the size of the texts in the template preview
• Decrease - decreases the thickness of the lines in the model preview
• Increase - increases the thickness of the lines in the model preview
• Play - forces model rebuild in preview
• Set Icon - create a snapshot of the current view and set the Constructor icon
• Edit Help - opens the device help editor. Here, an HTML file will be created with the relevant information, detailed description of device properties etc.
• Undo - undo edits in the designer
• Redo - redo undone edits
• Activity Help - shows the help topic for the selected activity in the designer
• Formats - Sets the units of measurement for properties
• Property Sets - Configures the Property Set to be associated with the device when using the command SPSETS

The screen is subdivided into panels:

• Tools - List of model building tools.
  Click a tool and drag it to the Designer panel then configure the parameters in the Properties
panel
• Properties - this is where values or expressions are configured for the tools selected in the Designer
• Designer - Shows the section construction flowchart.
  It is similar to Autodesk Subassembly Composer.
  It's actually the "WorkflowDesigner", which works as a visual code editor
• Creating Properties - is where default values or values of calculated properties of a section are created/set, such as the external area or volume of the solid
• Preview - preview of the built model. As tools are added to the Designer, the model is updated.
  It is possible to zoom, change the view mode, rotate, etc
• Builder Properties - this panel shows basic model information such as name and description
• Execution Log - shows a list of activities that generate visible objects such as solids, points or polylines in the order they are created during execution
• Outputs - shows calculated values for properties and variables or runtime errors that prevent modeling
• Find - allows you to search for words within the model flowchart